Fighting
for one
of their own
Local 92 members make sure
their captain doesn’t have to
fight cancer alone
■ BY NEIL VISTA
When one of their own faced the fight
of his life when he was diagnosed with
Stage 4 colon cancer in September,
Madison Local 92 stepped up to fight by
the side of Captain Joseph Cirella. Fulfilling their mantra of “no one fights alone,”
Local 92 held a fundraiser for Cirella, a
Madison SOA member, last month.
SOA President Sean Plumstead said
members from both Locals came together along with the community to raise
money to insure Cirella’s family will be
taken care of.
“This is a guy who mentored all of the
superiors and all the members,” Plumstead said. “He puts us first sometimes
before his family. It’s a brotherhood; it’s
a family and he’s a father figure and a
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